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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoIt’s seventh heaven as Ruth stay in the race
By BILL HOOPER Red danger: Redruth’s Harry Davey dives over in the corner for a try, left, while Matt Shepherd is...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoO’Brien leads Scarlets to real morale-booster
By ROB COLE Aberavon ........11 Llanelli ............16 ABERAVON lost their unbeaten record as Llanelli moved clear of the relegation zone. It...
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Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoShillcock in for a treble as Warriors rout Russians
By ALEX BYWATER A JAMIE Shillcock hattrick ensured the Warriors got their Challenge Cup campaign off a flying start as they...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoQuins are crushed by Yato, the Fijian fury
By JAMES HARRINGTON Destroyer: Peceli Yato SHELLSHOCKED Harlequins could do little in the face of a Peceli Yato-led 80- minute Clermont...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoHartpury go surging on with seven-try Carnegie rout
By ANDREW BEACHAM HARTPURY made it three wins from four with a comfortable seven-try victory over bottom club Yorkshire Carnegie. While...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoA first-half blitz deepens mire for Reds
By SIMON LORD Bury St Ed ....47 Bournemouth..12 A WHIRLWIND first half by Bury completely destroyed struggling Bournemouth, with the hosts...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoCardiff magnificent with seven in a row
By CALLUM ELLIS Bridgend ........12 Cardiff ............34 RUNAWAY leaders Cardiff made it a Magnificent Seven wins in a row. Stuart Floyd-Ellis...
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Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoBasham rises to challenge as Dragons ease to victory
By ROB COLE Future star: Taine Basham of Dragons scores his third try PICTURES: Huw Evans TAINE Basham couldn’t have picked...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoWe came to win, says Gustard, it hurts to lose like this
DISAPPOINTED Quins coach Paul Gustard could only be philosophical following the hammering, Quins’ third defeat in a row in all competitions,...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoLet’s put on a show, Welch tells Falcons
@therugbypaper Hope: Will Welch No.8: Ryan Burrows AFTER winning ugly on the road again in the wind and the rain at...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoHawks comeback Bolsters title tilt
By MATT BALDWIN Esher ................13 Henley..............34 A THOMAS James sinbin turned out to be the difference between the sides as Henley...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBattling Drovers denied by Jarvis matchwinner
By ROB COLE Merthyr ..........33 Llandovery ....31 THE cruellest of offside verdicts from an 80th minute restart allowed Matthew Jarvis to...
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Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoHughes try gets Scarlets off to winning start on home ground
By CALLUM ELLIS A SECOND-HALF try from Staffen Hughes helped the Scarlets open their Challenge Cup campaign with a win over...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoFrench clubs likely to cook up a storm in Champions Cup
Brendan Gallagher looks at the contenders to win the European crown
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoMike Brown is the ideal teammate, says Harlequins wing Ibitoye
Club matters are at the heart of the wing nailing down a place in Paul Gustard's plans at Harlequins
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoMcIlraith column: Will the All Blacks break the paradigm of promoting assistants to top job?
Jamie Joseph is among the favourites to succeed Steve Hansen, with a decision to come next month by the NZRU
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoChampions Cup test can help Matt Kvesic endorse England bid
Exeter Chiefs travel to face La Rochelle this weekend in Round One of the Champions Cup
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoHarlequins have the mindset for raising the profile of the women’s game, says Rachael Burford
Harlequins are setting the bar with their Women's team set to play in Big Game 12 at Twickenham Stadium
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWilliams column: Ospreys would be a move tailor-made for Liam Williams
Shane Williams believes it is paramount that the Wales full-back returns to a region, and Ospreys would be the best fit
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 6 years agoLions and Barbarians lined up for Twickenham
The Lions plan to host a match at Twickenham before they jet off to tour South Africa in 2021
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 6 years agoEllis Genge set to snub Bristol and stay a Leicester Tiger
The England loosehead prop will sign a three-year extension at Welford Road despite the advances of Bristol Bears
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoJackson column: Johnny McNicholl will give North some competition
George North has now been in the Test arena for a decade - could his use on the wing for Wales...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoTom Curry is England’s best player, says Chris Robshaw
No major changes needed with England in the view of former captain Chris Robshaw
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British and Irish Lions Tour
/ 6 years agoLions Tour 2021 has tasty look to it says former Springbok captain John Smit
John Smith and Francois Pienaar look ahead to the Lions tour of South Africa in 2021
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBath hope to bring Rhys Webb back from Toulon
Bath are eager to add a world-class scrum-half to their squad for next season, Neil Fissler reports
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGuscott column: Trim the bench and enforce the laws to improve the game
Jeremy Guscott argues defence has become easier with a lax approach from referees marshalling the scrum
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoThe Business Links – How Saracens’ salary cap breach became the biggest story since Bloodgate
Nick Cain summarises the events of last week surrounding Saracens salary cap sanctions and the appeal process
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoScarlets hit with injury blows to Wales duo
How do injuries to Jonathan Davies and Rhys Patchell impact an already beat up Wales backline?
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoBen Youngs was exposed in Japan says Kyran Bracken
Kyran Bracken believes Eddie Jones made a mistake in only taking two scrcum-halves to Japan
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoFylde quick to put the record straight
■By CHRISTIAN EVANS Fylde ................33 Loughborough S.....7 FYLDE returned to winning ways in emphatic fashion after a comprehensive bonus-point victory against...
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International Rugby
/ 6 years agoTour dates for England in Japan
ENGLAND men will go on a two-Test tour of Japan in summer 2020, the first time they have played the 2019...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBig-spending Sharks enjoy Du Preez show
By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Stepping inside:Daniel Du Preez breaks through to score for Sale PICTURES: Getty Images Chip chase: Zach Kibirige goes...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoThe Beast has become a beauty for Springboks
BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points FEW players get to announce their retirement off the back...
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National League 2N
/ 6 years agoField end drought in classic battle
■By ANDREW SMITH Huddersfield.32 Stourbridge ....31 HUDDERSFIELD ended their losing streak with a fiercely committed performance. Stourbridge snatched two bonus points...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoWasps get Joe back for Euro tie
JOE LAUNCHBURY is poised to return for Wasps in next Saturday’s European Challenge Cup tie at Bordeaux Begles. The England lock...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoMcNicholl will give North some competition
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Five years ago Johnny McNicholl found himself surrounded by so many All Blacks that it...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoResurrect the Saxons to keep the poachers away
Eligible: Callum Sheedy WHAT’S happening with England Saxons who haven’t mustered since June 2016 when, rather impressively, they won a two-match...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoSlade goes straight into action for Exeter
By NEALE HARVEY HENRY Slade insists England can take pride from their overall World Cup campaign in Japan despite the crushing...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoUbiquitous All Blacks!
ACCORDINGto reports by people who know about these things, Liverpool FC will be playing cup matches in different continents next month...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoMcLean shines as Worthing edge Esher
■By WILL JENNINGS Worthing ........20 Esher ................15 MATHEW McLean helped himself to 15 points to engineer a close-fought victory for Worthing...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoCheating has aways been a part of the game
THE Saracens salary cap ‘scandal’ is discussed in great detail elsewhere in The Rugby Paper but some brief observations from this...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoBristol have some points to prove warns Heenan
We can beat them: Jake Heenan FIRED-UP flanker Jake Heenan says Bristol are ready to dish out some payback as Exeter...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoBonus for conceding 95 points?
THE Cheetahs gave Ulster an old-fashioned hammering in Bloemfontein last month and yet their victims brought a point back to Belfast...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoJuddians’ tale of two halves
■By GARETH WITHERS Tonbridge J.....42 Westcliff............5 WESTCLIFF arrived at the Slade in perilous league form and were not able to affect...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoAssistant coaches could hold key to All Blacks job
SOUTH HEMISPHERE EXPERT Candidates: (from left) Jamie Joseph, Scott Robertson and Ian Foster are all in the frame for the New...
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Premiership
/ 6 years agoIrish call up Naholo power game to cage the Tigers
Power play: Former All Black Waisake Naholo starts on the wing for Irish PICTURE: Getty Images TEAMS LONDON IRISH: Jackson, Naholo,...
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English Championship
/ 6 years agoRested Pirates expect a battle
Preview Cornish Pirates v Ampthill Today, Kick-off 2.30pm CORNISH PIRATES’ drive towards the Championship title rests on how well the squad...
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Peter Jackson
/ 6 years agoWelsh give England a vocal send-off
JUDGING by the way some acclaimed the result from Yokohama last Saturday, the biggest cheer from within Wales during the World...
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National League 2E
/ 6 years agoCrusaders halt late comeback
■By ADAM HUNTER Bournemouth 26 Dings Crus.......33 DINGS crushed Bournemough hearts in the dying moments of an enthralling contest as they...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoWe saw The Beast use same tactics on Phil Vickery
Power: The Springbok scrum drives England backwards PICTURE: Getty Images A WEEK of reflection is a long time in rugby but...
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